Obama to GOP: I'm done negotiating with myself — Republican aides are circulating their summary of the White House's opening bid on the fiscal cliff. They're circulating it because they believe it fleshes out Speaker John Boehner's complaint that “the White House has to get serious.”

READ: The White House's fiscal cliff proposal — Republican aides are circulating what they say is the White House's opening bid on the fiscal cliff. Here's a summary of the main components: — STAGE ONE — Taxes — Immediate increase in both top marginal rates, as well as capital gains and dividends: +$960 Billion

Self-Awareness Matters — In politics, self-awareness matters. It does. When I was a political consultant, I told my clients my first two rules. The first was to know when you were in the minority, even when you thought you were right. The second was to know yourself as others see you.

For Secretary of State, G.O.P. Pushes Old Hand — WASHINGTON — As President Obama's potential nominee for secretary of state, Susan E. Rice, comes under increasing fire, Congressional Republicans appear to be coalescing around a familiar name as an alternative candidate …

Down and Out With Ted Cruz and the GOP — As Republicans regroup from electoral disaster, some — including a rising star in the Senate — insist conservatism was not to blame. — Associated Press — Why did Republicans lose the 2012 election? Ask Ted Cruz, the newly elected Republican senator from Texas.

Mitt Romney: I'm weak? What about Newt Gingrich? — Mitt Romney on Monday laughed at Newt Gingrich's suggestion that he is a weak frontrunner who is failing to win over conservatives, saying of the former House speaker, “If I'm a weak frontrunner, what does that make Newt Gingrich?

Class Wars of 2012 — On Election Day, The Boston Globe reported, Logan International Airport in Boston was running short of parking spaces. Not for cars — for private jets. Big donors were flooding into the city to attend Mitt Romney's victory party. — They were, it turned out, misinformed about political reality.

General Assembly Grants Palestine Upgraded Status in U.N. — UNITED NATIONS — More than 130 countries voted on Thursday to grant Palestine the upgraded status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations, a stinging defeat for Israel and the United States and a boost for President Mahmoud Abbas …

Why Conservatives Must Surrender on ‘Redistribution’ — Liberals talk about booming incomes at the top while lower-income households barely see benefits from economic growth. Conservatives talk about a rising share of the population that depends on government benefits and a shrinking share that pays income tax.

See No Evil — If a campaign finance story is not about David Koch or Sheldon Adelson, do liberals care? — Consider the reaction to Kenneth Vogel's important report on the winter meeting of the Democracy Alliance, the secretive organization of progressive millionaires and billionaires …

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